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Pros And Cons Of Ernest Van Den Haag

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1) Ernest van den Haag: Based on a survey conducted by Hugo Adam Bedau and Michael Radelet, it was discovered that 25 out of over 7000 people were wrongly executed around the year 1900 to 1985 in the United States(pg.232). These trials take a long time to process and from that there can be some lack of motivation in the appealing process which would result in innocent lives being lost.
2) Ernest van den Haag: Abolitionist agree that regardless if the death penalty would help to stop murders from committing a crime more than other punishments, they would still choose to abolish it (pg. 233). Abolitionist believe that even murderer are still humans and don’t see execution as being the answer.
3) Ernest van den Haag: The seriousness and finalization
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